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Norehni hence his designation some six or seven hundred years ago, and to have been buried in Muhalla Khurd-Makka, Ajodhya. His tomb is still much revered, and visited, it is said with effect, by the afflicted but thoiigh there are alleged descendants still alive, the traditions of the His real name is said to have been Mir Ahmad. saint are very vague.
The mosque of the Emperor Bdbar.
(3.)
—Age 350
years.
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The shrine of Khwdja Hdthi. Situated on the Kabir-tila. This a follower of Babar and a renowned saint, whose enshrined tomb
(4.)
man was
on one of the chief bastions of Ramkot
The shrines of Noah, 300 years ago.
(5.)
Seth,
is still
and Job.
revered.
—Mentioned in Muhammadan
histories
—At Swargaddwar and Treta-ke-Tha—A western devotee of Makhdihn 8heJch
The mosque of Mamgir.
(6.)
kur, over 200 years old,
now
at
in ruins.
The shrine Bhilca. (7.) of renown, 200 years ago, some of whose descendants are still extant. This shrine is east of Ajodhya, and there is another to the same saint at Bilohar: both are still revered. (8.)
The shrine of Shah
—Are
Saman
Faridd-ras and the tomh of Shah
rehcs of Muhammedan antiquity in Ajodhya, of which the traditions even are lost.
Chup.
(9.)
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The shrine of Bari-Bua. A sainted lady of renown of the days Shams-ud-din (A.D. 1719), situated east of Fyzabad.
of Rafi-ud-darjat
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The Samanburj. Near the opium godown. This bastion was (10.) built by Shuja-ud-daula near his palace, from which, at a considerable distance, the river then flowed. Tradition says that, by offering up 125,000 cows, and milk in proportion, the nawab induced the river to change its course, and to flow under his castle. The bastion has now disappeared, and the river has again receded to a distance. Guldbbdri.
—These
buildings, including courts, gateways, &c., Shuja-ud-daula, during his life-time, as th« final resting place of his remains, and here he was in due course buried, being the first of his dynasty whose body was not carried away to Delhi for interment. (11.)
were prepared by
Nawab
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The mosque of Mans-dr Ali Khan's Begam. This building was (12.) long used as a jail by the Oudh and British Governments. It has latterly been made over to Hakim Shafa-ud-daula, on condition that it is kept in good repair as a place of public worship.
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Ldl-bdgh. ^A famous garden, constructed by Shuj^-ud-daula, (13.) which was formerly enclosed by a high wall, and contained many fine buildings, but of which there is nothing now left except the old mango trees. There were also in those days three other famous gardens, of which visible signs still remained at annexation, viz., the Aish, or Asif-bagh, Baland-bagh, and the bagh of Raja Jhao L^l. On- the site of these the civil station has since been built.
